As the country goes to the polls on Saturday to elect Senators and members of the House of Representatives, the Nigeria Police have warned politicians and candidates in the elections not to induce the police by bribing them as the law will catch up with any person that attempts it.

TWO presidential candidates in next month elections, Professor Pat Utomi of the Social Democratic Mega Party, SDMP and Professor Peter Nwangwu of African Democratic Congress, ADC, have withdrawn from the presidential race.

A Federal High Court in Ibadan has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to pay damages of N10million to the former Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose for sealing off his residence in Ibadan.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has raised an alarm over what the party described “as the unwarranted violent attacks on its members by the supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.”
The party lamented that the ugly incident was comming few days after all the main parties in the state signed an undertaking at the State Security Service, SSS, office in Abuja to maintain peace in the state during and after the forthcoming elections.

Less than three days to Saturday’s National Assembly election, former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, has alleged that some politicians in the state are planning to rig the election by conniving with corp members.

THE Ex-Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Generals and Commanders Forum has appealed to aggrieved Northern politicians and leaders to support the presidential ambition of Goodluck Jonathan for the economic well being of the nation, charging them not to heat up the polity.

A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Mushin branch, Taoreed Faronbi, was, yesterday, arrested by officials of the Department of State Security Service, SSS, in Lagos, with five pump action guns and two packets of live cartridges.

THE bitter rivalry between Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and PDP on one side and his former political mentor and ex-governor of the state, Chief Orji Kalu and his party, Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA,on the other, came to a head Tuesday as a clash between their supporters at Ohafia left at least two persons dead.

AHEAD of Saturday general polls, Brigade Commander, Port Harcourt army barracks, Brigadier General Tukur Buratai has appealed to any one with intention to cause violence at election grounds in Rivers State to stay away from the polls because his men would not hesitate to deal decisively with anyone caught fomenting trouble that day.

CHIEF of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has expressed satisfaction with the preparation of the 2 Division, Nigeria Army, Odogbo Ibadan, on the election which kicks off on Saturday across the country.